From Pine View Farm

July, 2020 archive

A Backwards Country 0

That is, a country that gets it backwards.

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QOTD 0

Annie Dillard:

Matters of taste are not, it turns out, moral issues.

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School Daze 0

David looks at the political motives behind Donald Trump’s push to turn classrooms into incubators of infection reopen schools in the fall.

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Everybody Must Get Fracked 0

Will Bunch mulls over a belated (and likely empty) gesture.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

(Sigh) Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility whilst exiting his training facility.

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The Path to Pariah 0

Noz thinks that we may have reached the destination.

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Out of the Mouths of Babes . . . . 0

The wisdom of (a) youth.

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The Arsonist 0

Title:  Children shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.  Image:  Donald Trump as a baby in diapers surrounded by burnt matches and holding an unlit one from matchboxes labeled

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Facebook Frolics 0

You’ve heard of Typhoid Mary? Meet Korona Karen.

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QOTD 0

Krystal Ball:

If you want to understand why something is happening in America just follow the money.

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Meta: PVF Endorsements 0

I’ve removed Cheryl Turpin from my list of endorsements because she has withdrawn from the race.

I’ve known Cheryl for a long time and am saddened that she found this necessary, but life goes on, even when we don’t want it to.

(I’m researching additional endorsements. It’s my blog and I can endorse who I want to.)

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Immunity Impunity 0

At the Des Moines Register, Reka Basu recounts tales of the enforcers. Here’s a tiny bit:

“Nobody was doing anything remotely provocative,” said Ahlgren (who was present as a “protest medic”–ed.), who moves around the country as a political organizer. “I was running and treating people. According to my Fitbit, I was running 45 minutes. People were hit by mace gel. It’s the worst. It permeates fabric and has a more lasting effect. It’s a thicker consistency and stings the skin more, and can cause burns and blistering.”

Ahlgren’s own injuries still had him in a knee brace five days later: He twisted an ankle and burst veins in his shins and right palm from falling onto concrete. . . .

“The cops were showing no mercy. They were literally chasing us on foot,” he said. “A few of us fell, and they (police) started yelling, ‘You bastards better run or you’ll get it worse!’”

Asked why he thinks he was spared arrest, Ahlgren said simply: “I’m white.”

Just read it. I guarantee it will ruin your evening.

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School Days, School Days,
Good Old Trumpled Rued Days . . . .
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Title:  Back to School Supplies.  Image:  N95 mask, hand sanitizer, USB flash drive with instructions for social distancing, HAZMAT suit, etc.

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Flailing the Test 0

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The Exemplar 0

Donald Trump holding a movie-sized box of hydrochoroquine and a movie-sized cup Clorox says,

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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Karen Karenlike 0

If the show fits . . . .

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Immunity Impunity 0

Get out of Jail free cardThe law is blinded.

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Mask Defrauders 0

No, the U. S. Department of Justice is not issuing permits to allow potential vectors of infection to eschew wearing masks.

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QOTD 0

Douglas Adams:

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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The TP Chronicles 0

Stuff is getting real on the bathroom front.

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